Nikhil Kaza
110 New East, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3140
Education
2008 Urbana Champaign Ph.D. in
Regional Planning (University of Illinois)
2007 Urbana Champaign M.S. in
Applied Mathematics (University of Illinois)
2004 Urbana Champaign M.U. P. in
Urban Planning (University of Illinois)
2001 Kharagpur, India B.Arch (Hons.)
in Architecture (Indian Institute of Technology)
Experience
Jul 2021 - Present University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill Professor (Department of City
& Regional Planning)
Jul 2021 -Jul 2024 University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill Director (Center for Urban &
Regional Studies)
Jul 2016 - Jul 2024 University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill Adjunct Associate Professor
(Environment, Ecology & Energy Program)
Jan 2019 - May 2019 Ecole Polytechnique
Fédérale de Lausane Host Professor (School of
Architecture, Civil & Environmental Engineering)
Jul 2015 - Jul 2021 University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill Associate Professor (Department
of City & Regional Planning)
Jul 2015 - Jul 2017 University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill Associate Chair (Department of
City & Regional Planning)
Jul 2009 - Jul 2015 University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill Assistant Professor (Department
of City & Regional Planning)
Jan 2012 - Jul 2016 University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill Adjunct Assistant Professor
(Curriculum of Ecology & Environment)
Jan 2008 - Dec 2008 Washington, DC
Sustainability Systems Modeler (EDAW Inc.)
Nov 2007 - Jun 2009 University of Maryland at
College Park Post Doctoral Fellow (National Center for
Smart Growth Research & Education)
Awards and Honors
2023 ____ Distinguished Teaching Award for
Post-Baccalaureate Instruction (Shortlist) (UNC Chapel Hill)
2018 ____ Excellence in Doctoral Education
(Department of City and Regional Planning, UNC Chapel Hill)
2017 ____ Schwab Academic Excellece Award (Institute
for the Arts and Humanities, UNC Chapel Hill)
2012 ____ Progress Energy Fellowship (Institute for
the Environment, UNC Chapel Hill)
2008 ____ Department Excellence Award (Department of
Urban and Regional Planning, University of Illinois at Urbana
Champaign)
1993 ____ National Merit Scholar (Ministry of Human
Resources, Government of India)
Grants
I have acquired (in most cases jointly) $3.7 million in research grants.
Publications
Refereed Journal Papers
According to Google Scholar, the 44 articles (co-)authored by me have been cited 2,400 times.
Book Reviews
Manuscripts
Manuscripts in progress/submitted/accepted: 7
Book Chapters
Total number of chapters in collected volumes: 4
Presentations
Invited Talks
Conference Presentations (Selected)
Teaching Activities
Instructor
Dissertation Committee Chair
Dissertation Commmittee Member
Comprehensive Exam Commmittee Member
Danielle Spurlock(2014), Louis Merlin(2014), Kevin Park(2015), Mac Howlett(2016), Chaosu Li(2016), Lilah Besser(2017), Allan Fryer(2017), Kristin Frescoln(2017), Erik Vergel(2017), William Bishop(2018), Ke Peng(2018), Henry Mckoy(2018), Allison Forbes(2018), Lindsay Mauer(2018), Yan Chen(2020), Jane Zhao(2021), Helena Cardenas(2022), Jordan Branham(2022), Nora Schwaller(2022), Matthew Wilson(2022), Alfredo Rojas(2022), Lindsay Oluyede(2022), Tibor Vegh(2024), Amanda Ullman(2024), Xijing Li(2024), Jo Kwan(2024), Julia Cardwell(2024), Kshitiz Khanal(2025), Yang Yang(2025), Jun Huh(W), Joshu Shih(W), Kristin Vitro(W), Matthew Palmer, Christopher Samoray, Megan McIntyre, Huijoo Shon, Heerae Lee, James Collins, Yuhua Wang
Service
Other Professional Activities
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